Sister Rita Clare Gerardot

Sister Rita Clare Gerardot

Sister Rita Clare has been a Sister of Providence since 1944. She ministered for 30 years in teaching and administration at the elementary school level, as well as 12 years in pastoral care (in parishes and Sisters of Providence health care). Sister Rita Clare currently volunteers at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly

My favorite Scipture passage is Micah 6:8: “Act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with your God.” My parents, Lillian and Henry Gerardot, exemplified this passage by the way they lived. Mom not only cared for the ten of us but also her…